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a claim for a proof of the invariant subspace problem [closed]

Recently four mathematicians claimed to have proven the invariant subspace problem, which is the problem that states Does every bounded operator on a separable Hilbert space have a non-trivial ...
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Lipschitz retraction constant of $B^+$ into $S^+$ in $L^2([0,1])$

In Hilbert space modeled by $L^2([0,1])$ we can define a set $B^+=\{x\in B(0,1): x(t)\geq0 \quad \forall t\in [0,1] \}$ and $S^+=\{x\in S(0,1): x(t)\geq0 \quad \forall t\in [0,1] \}$ where where $B(...
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Compactness in trace class operators space

Let $H$ be a separable Hilbert space. Let $L_1$ denote the space of trace class operators on $H$ with the trace-class norm $\|\cdot\|_1$, i.e. $\|K\|_1=Tr|K|$ for all $K\in L_1$. Are there easy ...
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Commutator of $A\otimes I$ and $I \otimes B$ vanishes?

Consider two Hilbert spaces $H_1$ and $H_2$, and $A$, $B$ unbounded operators on $H_1$, $H_2$ respectively. $(A \otimes I)$ is classically defined as the closure of the operator defined on the set of ...
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reference request: conditions for pointwise and operator-norm convergence of kernel projections

At a very high level, I’m interested in the following question. Suppose $X$ is a (separable) Hilbert space, and $T_n : X \rightarrow X$ is a sequence of finite rank self-adjoint maps that converges (...
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Showing an operator is (or not) closed on $L^2(\mathbb{R})$

I am linearizing nonlinear waves and get operators of the form below. Everything is considered in $L^2(\mathbb{R})$. Consider the operator $L_1=\frac{d}{dx}$. The domain is $H^1(\mathbb{R})$ and it is ...
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Do projections in an $AW^\ast$-algebra form an orthomodular lattice?

I’m currently studying orthomodular lattices arising out of operator algebras. One of the most standard examples is the projection lattice of a von Neumann algebra - if $M$ acts on a Hilbert space $H$,...
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Normalized tight frame that is not orthonormal

Does anybody know an example of a normalized tight frame (wavelet frame) that is not an orthonormal frame of $L^2( \mathbb{R})$? So in other words $\{\psi_{j,k}(x):=2^{j/2}\,\psi(2^j\,x-k)\}_{j,k \in ...
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What's the problem in using spanning Bessel sequences that are not frames to decompose vectors?

This is related to a question I recently asked on math.SE. Consider a subset $G\equiv \{g_k\}_{k\in\mathbb{N} }\subseteq\mathcal H$ in a separable Hilbert space $\mathcal H$, and suppose $G$ spans the ...
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A continuous analogue of the notion of Hilbert basis

Let $X$ be a locally compact space, let $H$ be a Hilbert space and let $\beta:X\to H$ be a continuous function such that the linear subspace of $H$ spanned by $\beta(X)$ is dense in $H$. I would like ...
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how take weak derivative of norms in hilbert spaces?

Let the following be hilbert spaces with dens inclusions $V ↪H=H^* ↪V^*$. Where $H^*$ and $V^*$ are the duals. $H$ has the product $(*,*)$ and $V×V^*$ has the product $⟨*,*⟩$. Let $u∈L^2 ([0,T];V); ...
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Convergence and sequential compactness for nonlinear operators

I have a family of operators $T_n\colon X \to Y$ where $X,Y$ are Hilbert spaces. These operators are nonlinear. What kind of notions of convergence does one have for such operators? I'm specifically ...
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Do kernels provide a basis for a RKHS?

Let $H$ be a Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space with elements $f:X\rightarrow \mathbb{C}$, with kernel $K(x, y)$. My question is whether, for some choice of $x_i\in X$, it is the case that $u_i:=K(x_i, \...
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A question on unit norm elements of $\ell^2 \setminus \bigcup_{0<p<2 }\ell^p$

Let $A\subset \ell^2$ consist of all $x\in \ell^2$ with $|x|_2=1$ which does not belong to any $\ell^p$ for all $0<p<2$. Note that $A$ is non-empty with a Baire category argument. I ...
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Identification of Fock space and the $L^2$ space of tempered distributions

Let $\mathcal{S}'(\mathbb{R}^d)$ be the set of tempered distributions over $\mathbb{R}^d$ and $d\phi_C$ a Gaussian measure over $\mathcal{S}'(\mathbb{R}^d)$ with covariance operator $C$. Consider the ...
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Ultraviolet divergences of entanglement entropy in QFT

I've often read that entanglement entropy in quantum field theory is ill-defined because local algebras are generally of type III, which implies that a trace doesn't exist. For a normal state $\omega_{...
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Can the trace be computed in any Schauder basis?

I'm cross-posting this question from Math.SE, as it didn't get much attention there. Let $H$ be a separable Hilbert space and $T \in L(H)$ a trace-class operator. It is well known that the trace of $T$...
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How to naturally define an output space with certain properties

Consider the following regression problem $v=A(u) + \varepsilon$ for some operator $A:\mathcal{U} \rightarrow \mathcal{V}$ and some function spaces $\mathcal{U},\mathcal{V}$, mapping from $\mathcal{X}$...
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Convergence in $H^{-2}$ of $L^2$-functions with limit in $L^2$

Assume a sequence $f_n$ in $L^2(\mathbb{R}^d)$ converges in $H^{-2}$ (w.r.t. its norm topology) to a limit $f \in L^2(\mathbb{R}^d)$. In this case, can one improve the convergence, for instance to ...
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Can you always extend an isometry of a subset of a Hilbert Space to the whole space?

I remember that I read somewhere that the following theorem is true: Let $A\subseteq H$ be a subset of a real Hilbert space $H$ and let $f : A \to A$ be a distance-preserving bijection, i.e. a ...
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Comparing unitaries which are perturbatively close

Let $\mathcal{H}$ be a Hilbert space and let $H_0$ and $H_1$ be two Hermitian operators on $\mathcal{H}$. Thinking of $H_1$ as a perturbation of $H_0$, the Duhamel formula allows us to write $e^{-...
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Domain of a Jacobi operator with unbounded coefficients

Is it possible to describe the domain of a Jacobi operator explicitly? Let $J$ be the linear operator acting on a real sequence $(u_{n})_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ by $$ J(u_{n}) = a_{n+1} u_{n+1} + a_{n} u_{n-...
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Dependence and $L^2$ projections of functions

tl;dr: Is it possible that the best approximation to a nonnegative function of three variables with a bivariate function is no better than the best univariate function? Let $w$ be a density on $\...
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Time regularity vs space regularity for parabolic PDE

Suppose that there exist separable Hilbert spaces $V, H, X$ such that $V\hookrightarrow H\hookrightarrow X\hookrightarrow V'\,$ continuously, where $V'$ denotes the dual of the Hilbert space $V$. Let ...
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Is there a scalar product which makes orthonormal the family of complex functions $ (f_n)_{ n \geq 1 } $?

Let $ (f_n)_{ n \geq 1 } $ be a family of complex functions defined as follow, $ \forall n \geq 1 $, $$ f_n (z) = \dfrac{1}{n^{z}} $$ I would like to ask you if it is possible to construct a ( non-...
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A reference to a characterization of metric spaces admitting an isometric embedding into a Hilbert space

I am looking for a reference to the bipartite version of the Schoenberg's criterion of embeddability into a Hilbert space. The Schoenberg criterion is formulated as Proposition 8.5(ii) of the book &...
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Subspaces of $C_0$ on which $p$-norm are equivalent?

I have a question concerning the generalization of the following fact. Let $E = C^0([0,1],\mathbb{R})$ endowed with the $\|.\|_\infty$ norm. One can show that if $F$ is a subspace of $E$ for which ...
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Analogue of $\ell^2(X)$ over an arbitrary Banach ring

Let $X$ be a set. Over the Banach fields $F=\mathbb{R}$ or $F=\mathbb{C}$ we can define the Banach space$$\ell^2(X)=\{\xi\colon X\to F\mid \sum_{x\in X}|\xi(x)|^2<\infty\}$$which satisfies a list ...
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Minimal norm problem with linear combination of translation operator to be estimated

Follow up question from this one Suppose $X = L^2(G)$, where $G$ is some locally compact group. Let $x, y \in G$ I for fixed $n$ I am seeking for an operator $H \in B(X)$ of the form $$ H = H(\alpha_1,...
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Approximate point spectrum

I have a question concerning the relation between the approximate point spectrum and the spectrum of an operator. Let $T$ be a bounded linear operator of a complex Hilbert space $H$. The approximate ...
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Is such a Banach space $X$ isometrically isomorphic to a Hilbert space or not?

Let $X$ be a real or complex Banach space. $X$ satisfies:There exists real or complex series $\{a_k\}_{k=1}^n,\{b_k\}_{k=1}^n$ (which satisfies that:$\begin{cases} a_k,b_k\in \mathbb{R}\ \forall k=1,\...
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$L^2$ space of Hilbert-Schmidt operator valued functions

Let $\mathscr{S}$ denote the space of all Hilbert-Schmidt operators on $L^2(\mathbb R)$. Consider the Hilbert space $L^2(\mathbb R, \mathscr S)$ of square-integrable $\mathscr S$-valued function, that ...
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Eigenvalue multiplicity of tensor product of positive operator with itself

Let $H$ be a separable complex Hilbert space and let $A\in B(H)$ be positive with $||A||=1$ and have eigenvalue 1 with multiplicity 1. Suppose $A=T^*T$ for some $T\in B(H)$. Denote the spectrum of $A$ ...
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Inverse square-law as a positive definite kernel?

Newtons law for gravity states that: $$F_{12} = \frac{G m_1 m_2} {|x_1-x_2|^2}$$ The function : $$k(x,y):=\exp(-| x-y|^2)$$ is known to be a positive definite function, called the RBF-kernel. It ...
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What are alternative or equivalent definitions of a positive-definite function on a group?

The standard definition of a positive-definite function on a group goes as follows: Let $\varphi : G \rightarrow L(H)$, where $G$ is a group (with an involution) and $H$ a Hilbert space. $L(H)$ is the ...
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Multidimensional weighted Paley-Wiener spaces are Hilbert spaces?

How to rigorously demonstrate that multidimensional weighted Paley-Wiener spaces are Hilbert spaces? I am utilizing the exponential type definition established by Elias Stein in the book 'Fourier ...
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Are the paths of the Brownian motion contained in a suitable RKHS?

Let $H_B$ be the reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) of the Brownian Motion $(B_t)$ on $[0,1]$. It is well known that with probability 1 the paths of $(B_t)$ are not contained in $H_B$. But is ...
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Does weak $L^2$ approximation implies $L^2$ approximation under a condition similar to convexity?

(Cross posted from Math StackExchange: Does weak $L^2$ approximation implies $L^2$ approximation under a condition similar to convexity?) Assume $(\Omega, \mu)$ is a probability space. Consider a ...
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Kirszbraun-like extension of periodic functions

Let $\Lambda \subset \Lambda' \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be lattices. Let $f : \Lambda' \rightarrow \mathcal{H}$ be a $a$-Lipschitz function, where $\mathcal{H}$ is a finite-dimensional Hilbert Space. ...
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Self-adjoint operator with pure point spectrum

Suppose that A is a self-adjoint (possible unbounded) operator from a separable Hilbert space H to itself. I would like to know if the following statement is true: A has pure point spectrum (i.e., the ...
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What are the current open problems in dilation theory?

I just started doing my PhD in mathematics. My topic is unitary dilations of operators. I've been reading a lot of papers on that subject so far (especially about the dilation of $n \ge 3$ commuting ...
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On spectral calculus and commutation of operators

Let $\mathcal{H}$ be a Hilbert space, $B\in\mathcal{B}(\mathcal{H})$ be bounded and self-adjoint and $A:\mathcal{D}(A)\to\mathcal{H}$ closed (but not necessarily self-adjoint or bounded). The ...
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How to show that every Von Neumann algebra is unital?

I was reading the book on operator algebra by Kehe Zhu. The proof of theorem 17.7 (page 107) goes like this : He first considered the set of all non-empty finite subsets of the set of all projections ...
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If we don't care about uniqueness, can we relax the coercivity condition in Lax-Milgram theorem?

Let $(H, \langle \cdot, \cdot \rangle)$ be a real Hilbert space and $\|\cdot \|$ its induced norm. Let $a: H \times H \to \mathbb R$ be a bilinear form. We say that $a$ is coercive IFF there is $C>...
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Hilbert–Pólya conjecture with Grommer inequalities?

The Grommer inequalities are equivalent to RH and formulated on page 20 of Conrey - Riemann's hypothesis: Let $$\Xi(t) := \xi(1/2+it).$$ Then RH is equivalent to : All zeros of $\Xi(t)$ are real. The ...
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Is this a well known space? Perhaps homogeneous Sobolev-like space?

The homogeneous Sobolev space $\dot H^s(\mathbb{R}^n) $ is often defined as the closure of $\mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ under the norm $$ || |\omega|^s \widehat{f} ||_{L^2(\mathbb{R}^d)} =\int_{\...
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Equivalent characterization of weak derivative in Bochner space

Let $H$ be a hilbert space. A function $v\in L_\text{loc}^1(0,T;H)$ is called the weak derivative of $u \in L_\text{loc}^1(0,T;H)$ iff $$ \int_0^T u(t) \varphi'(t) \, dt = -\int_0^T v(t) \varphi(t) \, ...
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finite dimensionality of a subspace of a Banach space

Let $H$ be the space of measurable functions on $(0,1)$ such that $$ \|u\|_{H}^2 = \int_0^1 x^2\,|\partial_x u|^2\,dx + \int_{0}^1 |u|^2\,dx <\infty.$$ Let $C>0$ be a constant. Suppose that $W \...
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Closure of Laplacian

Let $(M,g)$ be a complete Riemannian manifold and $\Delta$ the (positive) Laplace-Beltrami operator. Now, consider this operator as an operator $$\Delta:\mathcal{D}(\Delta)\to L^{2}(M)$$ There are two ...
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A compact embedding claim

Let $U= (0,1)\times (0,1)$. Consider the weighted Sobolev spaces $H_1$ with the norms $$ \|u\|_{H_1}^2 = \int_0^1 (\int_0^1 x\,|u(x,y)|^2\,dx) \,dy$$ Let $H_2$ be the weighted Sobolev space with the ...

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